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Friday, November 12
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Photo by: John Quackenbos
No. 16 Eagles Play UConn and No. 20 UMass Lowell in Split Road Weekend
November 11, 2021 | Men's Hockey
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – 16th-ranked Boston College travels to the XL Center in downtown Hartford for a Friday night Hockey East meeting with the UConn Huskies at 7 p.m. The Eagles remain on the road on Saturday for a 6 p.m. game at No. 20 UMass Lowell. Both games will be streamed live for free on CollegeSportsLive.com. Radio coverage begins 15 minutes prior to faceoff on WEEI 850 AM and BCEagles.com.
WEEKEND RECAP
Friday: Boston College 4, Merrimack 1
• Mike Posma scored his first career goal in the opening two minutes and 14th-ranked Boston College never looked back in a 4-1 Hockey East victory at Lawler Rink
• The Eagles won their seventh straight meeting against the Warriors
• Drew Helleson and Brandon Kruse each netted his second goal of the year in the victory
• Eric Dop posted his third win as an Eagle with 23 saves and was five minutes from a shutout
Saturday: Merrimack 4, Boston College 3
• Filip Forsmark finished a one-timer in front with four minutes left in the third period and Merrimack posted its first win at Conte Forum since 2017 with a 4-3 victory
• Marc McLaughlin scored a pair of goals in the loss for his third multi-goal game of the season
• Trevor Kuntar had the other goal for the Eagles, tying the game 3-3 in the second period
• BC out-shot MC 30-26, including a 25-11 advantage over the final two periods
SERIES HISTORY (UCONN)
• Friday night will mark the 19th all-time meeting in the series, which BC leads 13-3-2
• Boston College is 5-2-0 in seven previous trips to the XL Center
• BC has won the last three in a row in Hartford by a combined score of 14-4
• The teams met four times last season with Boston College going 2-1-1 overall
• Prior to UConn's 3-1 victory in Storrs on Dec. 12 of last season, BC had won six straight meetings by the combined score of 27-9
SERIES HISTORY (UMASS LOWELL)
• Boston College has a 68-45-10 advantage over UMass Lowell in the all-time series heading into the 124th meeting
• In 27 meetings since Norm Bazin arrived as head coach in Lowell, the River Hawks hold a slim 12-11-4 advantage
• BC swept a home-and-home series against UMass Lowell in mid-February of last season
• The River Hawks beat the Eagles 6-5 in double overtime in the Hockey East Semifinal at Conte Forum
• Boston College has won its last two trips to the Tsongas Center by a single goal
POINTS FROM THE BLUE LINE
• Boston College has three of the top nine scoring defensemen in Hockey East this season
• Jack St. Ivany (1-9-10) leads all defensemen in scoring, while Drew Helleson (2-6-8) ranks third
• Marshall Warren (3-3-6) is tied for first in goals and tied for eighth in points
• Warren leads all league defensemen in shots on goal (30) with St. Ivany second (26)
• St. Ivany is tied for first overall in Hockey East with a +10 rating
• BC has received a total of 30 points from its blue line through 10 games
STREAKIN'
• Jack St. Ivany is riding a career-best five-game point streak into the weekend
• St. Ivany is only six points away from tying his career-high, set in 2019-20 at Yale
• The senior defenseman needs only four points to reach 50 for his career
• Brandon Kruse has put together a four-game point streak over the last two weekends
• Kruse's next point will be the 150th of his career between Bowling Green and BC
POWER UP
• Boston College's power play is clicking at 24.1% entering the weekend, which ranks second in Hockey East behind only Providence (25.6%)
• The BC man advantage has scored five power play goals over its last five contests
• Marc McLaughlin and Jack McBain are tied for the league lead with three PPG each, which places the duo top-10 nationally as well
• The Eagles are 5-1-0 when scoring on the power play, but 0-3-1 when they don't convert
SHOT MARGIN
• For the season, Boston College is nearly a +11 on average in shot margin (34.7-23.9)
• After being out-shot by Quinnipiac in the opener, BC has out-shot its last nine opponents
• The Eagles have at least 40 shots on four different occasions this season
• Boston College is only 1-3-0 when posting at least 40 shots on goal, but 2-0-0 when holding teams to less than 20 shots
UP NEXT
• Boston College hosts Maine for a two-game series next Thursday and Friday night at Kelley Rink
WEEKEND RECAP
Friday: Boston College 4, Merrimack 1
• Mike Posma scored his first career goal in the opening two minutes and 14th-ranked Boston College never looked back in a 4-1 Hockey East victory at Lawler Rink
• The Eagles won their seventh straight meeting against the Warriors
• Drew Helleson and Brandon Kruse each netted his second goal of the year in the victory
• Eric Dop posted his third win as an Eagle with 23 saves and was five minutes from a shutout
Saturday: Merrimack 4, Boston College 3
• Filip Forsmark finished a one-timer in front with four minutes left in the third period and Merrimack posted its first win at Conte Forum since 2017 with a 4-3 victory
• Marc McLaughlin scored a pair of goals in the loss for his third multi-goal game of the season
• Trevor Kuntar had the other goal for the Eagles, tying the game 3-3 in the second period
• BC out-shot MC 30-26, including a 25-11 advantage over the final two periods
SERIES HISTORY (UCONN)
• Friday night will mark the 19th all-time meeting in the series, which BC leads 13-3-2
• Boston College is 5-2-0 in seven previous trips to the XL Center
• BC has won the last three in a row in Hartford by a combined score of 14-4
• The teams met four times last season with Boston College going 2-1-1 overall
• Prior to UConn's 3-1 victory in Storrs on Dec. 12 of last season, BC had won six straight meetings by the combined score of 27-9
SERIES HISTORY (UMASS LOWELL)
• Boston College has a 68-45-10 advantage over UMass Lowell in the all-time series heading into the 124th meeting
• In 27 meetings since Norm Bazin arrived as head coach in Lowell, the River Hawks hold a slim 12-11-4 advantage
• BC swept a home-and-home series against UMass Lowell in mid-February of last season
• The River Hawks beat the Eagles 6-5 in double overtime in the Hockey East Semifinal at Conte Forum
• Boston College has won its last two trips to the Tsongas Center by a single goal
POINTS FROM THE BLUE LINE
• Boston College has three of the top nine scoring defensemen in Hockey East this season
• Jack St. Ivany (1-9-10) leads all defensemen in scoring, while Drew Helleson (2-6-8) ranks third
• Marshall Warren (3-3-6) is tied for first in goals and tied for eighth in points
• Warren leads all league defensemen in shots on goal (30) with St. Ivany second (26)
• St. Ivany is tied for first overall in Hockey East with a +10 rating
• BC has received a total of 30 points from its blue line through 10 games
STREAKIN'
• Jack St. Ivany is riding a career-best five-game point streak into the weekend
• St. Ivany is only six points away from tying his career-high, set in 2019-20 at Yale
• The senior defenseman needs only four points to reach 50 for his career
• Brandon Kruse has put together a four-game point streak over the last two weekends
• Kruse's next point will be the 150th of his career between Bowling Green and BC
POWER UP
• Boston College's power play is clicking at 24.1% entering the weekend, which ranks second in Hockey East behind only Providence (25.6%)
• The BC man advantage has scored five power play goals over its last five contests
• Marc McLaughlin and Jack McBain are tied for the league lead with three PPG each, which places the duo top-10 nationally as well
• The Eagles are 5-1-0 when scoring on the power play, but 0-3-1 when they don't convert
SHOT MARGIN
• For the season, Boston College is nearly a +11 on average in shot margin (34.7-23.9)
• After being out-shot by Quinnipiac in the opener, BC has out-shot its last nine opponents
• The Eagles have at least 40 shots on four different occasions this season
• Boston College is only 1-3-0 when posting at least 40 shots on goal, but 2-0-0 when holding teams to less than 20 shots
UP NEXT
• Boston College hosts Maine for a two-game series next Thursday and Friday night at Kelley Rink
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